contenter
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈtɛntɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈtɛntə/
Adjective
[edit]contenter
- (rare) comparative form of content: more content
- December 21, 1832, Thomas Adsett, letter to the Rev. Robert Ridsdal, published in Wendy Cameron et al. (eds.), English Immigrant Voices: Labourers’ Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s (McGill-Queen's Press, 2000), →ISBN, p. 87:
- I thank God, that my children has got two such good homes as they have, and I am a great deal contenter, than in England, and can make a good living.
- December 21, 1832, Thomas Adsett, letter to the Rev. Robert Ridsdal, published in Wendy Cameron et al. (eds.), English Immigrant Voices: Labourers’ Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s (McGill-Queen's Press, 2000), →ISBN, p. 87:
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]contenter
- (transitive) to content, to satisfy
- (reflexive) to content oneself, to be content [with de ‘with something’]
- Je me contente de très peu d’argent.
- I am content with very little money.
- Il s’est contenté de manger les restes.
- He contented himself with eating the leftovers.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of contenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | contenter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | contentant /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | contenté /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contentes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contentons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contentez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
contentent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | contentais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
contentais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
contentait /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
contentions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
contentiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ |
contentaient /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | contentai /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
contentas /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
contenta /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
contentâmes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tam/ |
contentâtes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tat/ |
contentèrent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | contenterai /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
contenteras /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
contentera /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
contenterons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
contenterez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
contenteront /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | contenterais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
contenterais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
contenterait /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
contenterions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
contenteriez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
contenteraient /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contentes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contentions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
contentiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ |
contentent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | contentasse /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
contentasses /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
contentât /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
contentassions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
contentassiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
contentassent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
— | contentons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contentez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of se contenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se contenter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se contentant /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | contenté /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me contente /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
te contentes /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
se contente /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
nous contentons /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
vous contentez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
se contentent /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | me contentais /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
te contentais /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
se contentait /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
nous contentions /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
vous contentiez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ |
se contentaient /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me contentai /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
te contentas /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
se contenta /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
nous contentâmes /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tam/ |
vous contentâtes /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tat/ |
se contentèrent /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | me contenterai /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
te contenteras /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
se contentera /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
nous contenterons /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
vous contenterez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
se contenteront /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me contenterais /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
te contenterais /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
se contenterait /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
nous contenterions /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous contenteriez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
se contenteraient /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me contente /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
te contentes /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
se contente /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
nous contentions /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
vous contentiez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ |
se contentent /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | me contentasse /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
te contentasses /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
se contentât /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
nous contentassions /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
vous contentassiez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
se contentassent /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contente-toi /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.twa/ |
— | contentons-nous /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃.nu/ |
contentez-vous /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
[edit]- “contenter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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